The Way Back Home Thu 11 Aug, 2pm; Fri 12 & Sat 13 Aug, 11am & 2pm. £6 (£4). Play for ages 3+ about a boy who accidentally flies to the moon where he meets a passing Martian who is also lost. Together they have to see past their differences to work towards finding their way home. A Song, a Sip and a Sandwich Fri 12 Aug, 7.30pm. £12 (£10). Musical stars from the West End to Scotland perform well-known songs from the best shows out there. Ticket includes a drink and a sandwich. ■ DUNDEE REP Tay Square, Dundee, 01382 223530. Our House Wed 17–Sat 20 Aug, 7.30pm. £11 (£8). The energetic songs of Madness are pitted against a witty and romantic tale of young love in the We Will Rock You/Mamma Mia’ jukebox musical vein. Performed by Back to Back, the senior section of Dundee Schools Music Theatre.
■ EAST KILBRIDE ARTS CENTRE Old Coach Road, East Kilbride, 01355 261000. The Steamie Thu 11–Sat 13 Aug, 8pm. £9 (£7). Bookend Theatre Group presents Tony Roper’s popular play. Eavesdrop on the lively banter of three 1950s Glaswegian women at the laundrette on food, family and the plight of a working class woman. The Warrior Ancestry of Dr David Livingstone Sat 13 Aug, 8pm. £7. A character piece studying some surprising aspects to the roots of the famous explorer, played by Duncan Brown, featuring a musical score by Brown, Dave Gibb and John Malcolm. ■ PITLOCHRY FESTIVAL THEATRE Port–na Craig, Pitlochry, 01796 484626. My Fair Lady Sat 13 Aug, 8pm, and in repertoire until October. £21–£32.50. One of the most successful shows in the history of American musical theatre, the classic musical adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, is brought to the stage to celebrate 60 years of magic at the Theatre in the Hills.
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GLASGOW
■ CORINTHIAN 191 Ingram Street, 552 1101. Midweek Magic Wed 17 Aug, 7.30pm. £10, or £25 with dinner and wine. Wonder at the magical powers of Douglas Cameron as he performs feats of mind reading, illusion, and conjuring. Over 18s only.
■ THE REDHURST HOTEL 27 Eastwood Mains Road, Giffnock, 638 6465. Email theatresouthproductions@hotmail.co.uk for tickets. Theatre South Cabaret Evenings Thu 18–Sat 20 Aug, 7.30pm. £12–£15. Atmospheric evenings inspired by New York cabaret with a mix of entertainment, song, dancing and drinking provided by Theatre South Productions, responsible for recent successful evenings at the Eastwood Park Theatre. ■ THEATRE ROYAL 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. Verdict Until Sat 13 Aug, 7.30pm (Thu & Sat mat 2.30pm). £8.50–£30.50. Agatha Christie’s original play
OUTSIDE THE
FESTIVALS
follows an idealistic professor faced with a terrible dilemma when forced to take on a manipulative pupil to earn money for his invalid wife’s treatment. Starring Susan Penhaligon (Emmerdale),
Robert Duncan (Drop the Dead Donkey), Peter Byrne, Elizabeth
Power and Mark Wynter.
OUTSIDE THE CITIES
■ BYRE THEATRE Abbey Street, St Andrews, 01334 475000.
Verdict
Comedy Janey Godley Comedy Dinner
What could be better than a night in the company of the ‘Godmother of Scottish Comedy’ Janey Godley? Why, a night of laughter courtesy of the caustic stand-up accompanied by a three-course dinner and wines against the refined backdrop of the Malmaison restaurant, that’s what! The perfect antidote to the Fringe. ■ Malmaison, 278 West George Street, Glasgow, Thu 18 Aug, 7pm, £39.50.
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Thursday 11
Glasgow Bruce Morton’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £9 (£8; members £4). Bruce Morton introduces a handpicked selection of Fringe acts. Tonight featuring the steam train ramblings of Zoe Lyons. Falkirk Russell Kane: Manscaping Falkirk Town Hall, West Bridge Street, 01324 506850. 8pm. £10. The Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award winner presents a new show about masculinity.
Friday 12 Glasgow Peter Powers Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £11–£14. Hypnotist act from Powers, who has been called ‘the Ali G of stage hypnosis’. Tonight’s show is a child- friendly ‘Family Fun Night’. Foster’s Comedy Live @ highlight Highlight, UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 8.30pm. £12–£15. Punchy observations from Gary ‘not so’ Little, plus Tim Clark, Gordon Southern and Rory O’Hanlon. Jongleurs Comedy Show Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £15. Upbeat humour from Bristol-based Mark Olver alongside purveyor of the shaggiest of dog stories, Owen O’Neill. Bruce Morton’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £12 (£10; members £5). Tonight our trustworthy Fringe guide steals Michael Legge, Tony Law and Carl Donnelly from Edinburgh with promises to return them in (almost) perfect condition.
Jongleurs Comedy Show Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £15. See Fri 12. Bruce Morton’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £15. Tonight’s picks include musical satirist Mitch Benn, Kerry Godliman and Josh Howie.
Sunday 14 Glasgow Michael Redmond’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £6 (£5; members £3). Fringe treats, among them eclectic storyteller extraordinaire Gerry Howell, Nat Luurtsema and Ava Vidal.
Monday 15
Glasgow Janey Godley Live The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £8 (£4). Lady Godley’s brand of humour takes no prisoners.
Tuesday 16
Glasgow Red Raw The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £2. Tonight, James Dowdeswell who’s popped in from the east to give his take on the world’s eccentric personalities. Wednesday 17
Glasgow Billy Kirkwood’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 7.30pm. £6 (£5; members £3). With Tiffany Stevenson pontificating on women’s evolution, or the lack thereof, and Ryan McDonnell. Falkirk Stand Up Wednesday North Star Bar, 28 Vicar Street, scotlandinsession@gmail.com 7.30pm. £3 (£2). Headliner Chris Conroy is supported by Dan Petherbridge, Derek Baillie, David Innes and Jamie Andrew.
Saturday 13 Thursday 18
Glasgow Peter Powers Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm & midnight. £11–£14. See Fri 12. The 7.30pm show is safe for teens; the later show is over 18s only. Foster’s Comedy Live @ highlight Highlight, UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 8.30pm. £12–£15. See Fri 12 for line-up, except Rory O’Hanlon is replaced by Tom Allen. Glasgow Janey Godley Comedy Dinner Malmaison, 278 West George Street, 572 1001. 7pm. £39.50. See caption. Bruce Morton’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £9 (£8; members £4). Vladimir McTavish waxes lyrical about the gambling adventures that lead him to this year’s Fringe, with Pat Burtscher and Ed Patrick.
122 THE LIST 11–18 Aug 2011
What on earth would the soap stars of yesteryear do without the Agatha Christie Theatre company? This summer’s major production from the touring troupe named after the Queen of Crime features not one but two former cast members from Emmerdale (Susan Penhaligon and Lyndon Ogbourne) as well as Elizabeth Power, who played Arthur Fowler’s bit on the side in EastEnders. Expect plenty of intrigue and a smattering of genteel homicides in this original play about a professor who ends up in the power of one of his pupils when his wife falls ill. ■ Theatre Royal, Glasgow, until Sat 13 Aug.